Festive Pickles
GreekVegetarianIntermediate5 minBy Northstar
Ingredients
Servings
4
- 1 each quart) jar dill pickles (about 12)
- 1 each jar maraschino cherries
- 2 cup granulated sugar
- 0.5 cup white vinegar
- 0.3 cup water
- 1 stick cinnamon, crushed
- 1 tsp whole cloves
- 1 tsp mixed pickling spices
- 2 each bay leaves
Instructions
- 1
Drain pickles and cherries, cut pickles crosswise into 1-inch thin slices.
- 2
Using a corer, remove center from each piece of pickle.
- 3
Insert a cherry into each.
- 4
Put pickle chunks into a shallow dish.
- 5
Mix remaining ingredients together in a saucepan.
- 6
Bring to boiling, simmer 5 minutes.
- 7
Pour the spice mixture through a sieve over the pickles.
- 8
Cover and set in refrigerator for 1 week before serving.
- 9
Makes 1 quart of pickles.
Tags
greekjoy-of-canning